on from the same place. 14 year old maisie is autistic, has adhd and has struggled to cope in mainstream schools. she s been excluded numerous times and now attends school part time. i ve never liked school. ijust didn t fit in. i was out of school for a month. so then when i ve gone into a school, it s a bit like so many people just everywhere, like crowding me. 0n the first day i went there, it was a lot. so instead of going to class, i ll be doing one to one science, maths, art. 0ne foot in the stirrup. beautifully done. when masey s not at school, she comes here to heroes, an educational therapy centre in 0xfordshire. it s helped hundreds of children with special educational needs who are struggling in school. i think i ve learnt a lot more being here. school pay for me to come here, so they are helping. but i think coming here, we do work, so it s not like we re just taking the mick out of it and, you know, missing school and just riding because we re still doing work. and how are
frankly, where we had a situation where the government was coming on the bbc saying, schools are definitely going to stay open, then a couple of days later, some schools might have to shut. by the end of the week, all schools being shut indefinitely because of a national lockdown. we knew there had been a row, we knew it had been pretty chaotic. but the extent to which ministers were battling against each other s positions at the time, really fascinating. other s positions at the time, really fascinating. other s positions at the time, really fascinating. thank you very much, really fascinating. thank you very much. nick really fascinating. thank you very much, nick eardley, really fascinating. thank you very much, nick eardley, chief - really fascinating. thank you very | much, nick eardley, chief political correspondent. the government has published a long awaited plan to improve learning for children and young people with special educational needs and disabilities in england. p
this is one of the hospitals where survivors and the injured have been treated. it s also where some family members have been coming to give their dna in the hope that maybe any sort of samples that are recovered from the scene today will be matched to their loved ones who are still missing. we know already that many young people died on this train service. they had been away for a greek holiday, seeing their loved ones, they were returning to their studies, but tragically, they did not make it back. the government has published a long awaited plan to improve learning for children and young people with special educational needs and disabilities in england. proposals include ending postcode lottery support, and earlier intervention in mainstream schools. the bbc s education correspondent elaine dunkley has more. across the country, there are mainstream schools struggling to support children with special educational
The aim of the current study was to examine how decisions are made and who is involved in decision-making regarding provision of adjustments for students with special educational needs in Australian mainstream schools. A total of 107 stakeholders were interviewed across 22 schools. Participation in decision-making varied, with students the least likely to be involved. There was variation in the degree and nature of collaboration and the degree to which decisions were subject to review. The focus of decision-making processes also varied, with some schools focusing on funding and resource allocation and others on broader support considerations. Schools used a range of formal and informal levels of decision-making but the degree to which they agreed on factors that underpinned decisions (values, legal considerations, etc.) was variable and sometimes limited. Possible explanations for the observed patterns of decision-making are offered, practical implications considered and directions for
is putting on workshops to help families understand and apply for education and health care plans. it sets out what a child s special educational needs are, and the provision necessary to meet each and every one of those needs. a lack of educational psychologists, funding and the right support in mainstream schools, and the pandemic is all in mainstream schools and the pandemic is all part of the problem. there are massive pressures. and what that results in on the ground is waits for assessment, waits for provisions to be put in place, often a real battle between the parents and what they believe their child actually needs to thrive and what is then offered to them. what this means for the generation that are coming through school at the moment is, life is going to be that much more difficult for them. this is casey. i like designing and building computers. i do also love engineering